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  Colorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2017 China is contemplating developing cooperation with Russia with respect to space debris, China's National Space Administration Secretary-General Yulong Tian told Sputnik. "As for future cooperation, one area is the joint launching campaign. We have a new launch site in Hainan, and Russia has East [Vostochny] Cosmodrome. This could be area of cooperation between China and Russia," Tian said on Wednesday. "Another area is space objects, space debris observations and management. These are the ar ... read more |
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Asteroid to fly safely past Earth on April 19Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 10, 2017 A relatively large near-Earth asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will fly safely past Earth on April 19 at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers), or about 4.6 times ... more  
Seeing Black Holes and BeyondBoston MA (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 Through an international effort led by MIT Haystack Observatory, the ALMA array in Chile has joined a global network of radio telescopes. A powerful new array of radio telescopes is being deployed f ... more  
ZERO-G Research aims to advance deep-space mission technologyOrlando FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2017 As part of NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G) recently worked with research groups from University of Florida, Carthage College and University of Maryland to vali ... more 
Ceres' temporary atmosphere linked to solar activityPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 07, 2017 Scientists have long thought that Ceres may have a very weak, transient atmosphere, but mysteries lingered about its origin and why it's not always present. Now, researchers suggest that this tempor ... more |
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Rosetta's intimate portrait of a comet: read all about itParis (ESA) Apr 07, 2017 Rosetta's pioneering mission to explore a comet in unprecedented detail completed operations last year. As the science continues, members of the public, as well as scientists, can freely access hund ... more  
Possible Venus twin discovered around dim starMountain View CA (SPX) Apr 07, 2017 Astronomers using NASA's Kepler space telescope have found a planet 219 light-years away that seems to be a close relative to Venus. This newly discovered world is only slightly larger than Earth an ... more 
Atmosphere around super-earth detectedHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Apr 07, 2017 Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around the super-Earth GJ 1132b. This marks the first detection of an atmosphere around a low-mass super-Earth, in terms of radius and mass the most Earth-lik ... more 
Exoplanet mission gets ticket to rideParis (ESA) Apr 07, 2017 A Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace from Europe's spaceport in Kourou will boost ESA's upcoming exoplanet satellite into space. CHEOPS will share the ride into space with another payload, w ... more  
NASA's Cassini probe of Saturn prepares for last plungeMiami (AFP) April 5, 2017 NASA's unmanned Cassini spacecraft is preparing for its final plunge into Saturn later this year, after two decades of helping Earth-bound scientists make new discoveries about the sixth planet from the Sun and its mysterious rings. ... more 
Norway joins US Strategic Command space data sharing programWashington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 The U.S. Strategic Command is to share space situational services and data with Norwegian government agencies under a memorandum of understanding. ... more |
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 Inside Arctic ice lies a frozen rainforest of microorganisms 
Citizen scientist photographs space station space debris from EarthWashington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 Marco Langbroek is a satellite tracker. But occasionally, his photographs spot chunks of space debris, too. ... more 
DARPA Wades into Murky Multimedia Information Streams to Catch Big MeaningWashington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2017 The U.S. government has always had an interest in developing and maintaining a strategic understanding of events, situations, and trends around the world. In recent years, however, information compl ... more 
Spray-on memory could enable bendable digital storageDurham NC (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 USB flash drives are already common accessories in offices and college campuses. But thanks to the rise in printable electronics, digital storage devices like these may soon be everywhere - includin ... more
Russia Opens 1st Ground Station to Monitor Orbital Debris in BrazilRio De Janeiro (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017 Russia's first ground station of the Automated Warning System on Hazardous Situations in Outer Space (ASPOS OKP) aimed at monitoring orbital debris was opened in Brazil, a spokesman of the Roscosmos ... more |
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During April 2017 Jupiter is in opposition: it is at its closest to Earth and the hemisphere facing Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope used this special configuration to capture an image of what is by far the largest planet in the Solar System. This image adds to many others made in the past, and together they allow astronomers to study changes in the atmo ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017Neptune's movement from the inner to the outer solar system was smooth and calm  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Four unknown objects being investigated in Planet X  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2017New Horizons Halfway from Pluto to Next Flyby Target |
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Breakthrough Listen, the 10-year, $100-million astronomical search for intelligent life beyond Earth launched in 2015 by Internet entrepreneur Yuri Milner and Stephen Hawking, has announced its first observations using the Parkes Radio Telescope in New South Wales, Australia.
Parkes joins the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, USA, and the Automated Planet Finder (APF) at Lick Ob ... more Parkes, Australia (SPX) Nov 09, 2016Search for ET underway with Parkes Radio Telescope  Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2016Breakthrough Listen to Search for Intelligent Life Around Tabby's Star  Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2016New bacteria groups, and stunning diversity, discovered underground |
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Vast Arctic landscapes may appear to be desolate, barren places, but take a look through a microscope and you'll see thriving ecosystems. The top few meters of ice are home to an estimated hundred million billion trillion (or 10 to the power of 29) microorganisms.
That's why Joseph Cook, a researcher at the University of Sheffield in the U.K., describes it as a frozen rainforest. "I thi ... more Paris (ESA) Apr 07, 2017Exoplanet mission gets ticket to ride  Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Apr 07, 2017Atmosphere around super-earth detected  Mountain View CA (SPX) Apr 07, 2017Possible Venus twin discovered around dim star |
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Russia is a fundamental partner in the joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos space corporation ExoMars, Italian Space Agency (ASI) President Roberto Battiston told Sputnik.
ExoMars is the first project in the history of collaboration between the European Union and Russia that aims to search for life on Mars. The project started with the launch of a Ru ... more Estacion Yungay, Chile (AFP) April 6, 2017Chile desert combed for clues to life on Mars  Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 31, 2017New MAVEN findings reveal how Mars' atmosphere was lost to space  Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Potential Mars Airplane Resumes Flight |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 
While orbiting the Moon in 1971, the crew of Apollo 15 photographed a strange geological feature - a bumpy, D-shaped depression about two miles long and a mile wide - that has fascinated planetary scientists ever since. Some have suggested that the feature, known as Ina, is evidence of a volcanic eruption Moon within the past 100 million years - a billion years or so after most volcanic activity ... more Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2017Surviving the long dark night of the Moon  Bengaluru, India (IANS) Mar 17, 2017Team Indus To Send Seven Experiments To The Moon Including Three From India  Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighbor |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 
A unique and powerful telescope capable of mapping the sky at submillimeter and millimeter wavelengths is headed to South America. With a slated completion date of 2021, the 6-meter aperture telescope, Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope-prime (CCAT-p), will be located near the summit of Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert in Chile. It will give unprecedented insights into how stars and galaxi ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Mysterious cosmic explosion puzzles astronomers  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Hubble's double galaxy gaze: Leda and NGC 4424  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Mysterious bursts of energy do come from outer space |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 
Spaceflight Industries has launched BlackSky Spectra, its on-demand satellite imagery service which enables customers to discover archive images and task new images from 13 high-resolution imaging spacecraft, all from one convenient web platform.
BlackSky Spectra enables customers to easily look at the planet across every spectrum, from visual imagery to multi-spectral data including synth ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017As CO2 levels increase, airplane rides get bumpier  Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Monitoring pollen using an aircraft  Paris (AFP) April 4, 2017How Britain became an island |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 10, 2017 
A relatively large near-Earth asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will fly safely past Earth on April 19 at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers), or about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon. Although there is no possibility for the asteroid to collide with our planet, this will be a very close approach for an asteroid of this size.
The asteroid, ... more Paris (ESA) Apr 07, 2017Rosetta's intimate portrait of a comet: read all about it  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 07, 2017Ceres' temporary atmosphere linked to solar activity  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 03, 2017Comet That Took a Century to Confirm Passes by Earth |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Magnetic reconnection, a universal process that triggers solar flares and northern lights and can disrupt cell phone service and fusion experiments, occurs much faster than theory says that it should. Now researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Germany's Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics have discovered a source of the speed-up in ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 02, 2017Waves on sun give NASA new insight into space weather forecasting  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Next Stop: A Trip Inside the Sun's Atmosphere  Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 28, 2017Sunrise 2: A Second Look At The Sun |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017 
Yuanwang space tracking ships, which follows the progress of satellites and other space-bound craft, will carry out 19 maritime space monitoring missions in 2017, according to the maritime satellite measurement and control authority on Wednesday.
Yuanwang-5 left port Wednesday and Yuanwang-6 started its journey Monday.
Yuanwang-7 and the rocket transporting fleet will set sail in Apr ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017China Develops Spaceship Capable of Moon Landing  Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes |
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Ithaca NY (SPX) Apr 06, 2017
A unique and powerful telescope capable of mapping the sky at submillimeter and millimeter wavelengths is headed to South America. With a slated completion date of 2021, the 6-meter aperture telescope, Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope-prime (CCAT-p), will be located near the summit of Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert in Chile. It will give unprecedented insights into how stars and galaxi ... moreTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Mysterious cosmic explosion puzzles astronomers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Hubble's double galaxy gaze: Leda and NGC 4424 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Mysterious bursts of energy do come from outer space |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2017 
The social sciences can play important roles in assisting military planners and decision-makers who are trying to understand complex human social behaviors and systems, potentially facilitating a wide range of missions including humanitarian, stability, and counter-insurgency operations.
Current social science approaches to studying behavior rely on a variety of modeling methods-both quali ... more Champaign IL (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Study reveals 10,000 years of genetic continuity in northwest North America  Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017Married couples with shared ancestry tend to have similar genes  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Researchers uncover prehistoric art and ornaments from Indonesian 'Ice Age' |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017 
NASA announced that Astronaut Jack Fischer and Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin are heading to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations to join the International Space Station with an April 20 flight atop a Soyuz rocket.
US Astronaut Jack Fischer and Russian Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin are heading to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations to join the In ... more Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017US astronaut John Glenn is buried with military honors  Rio De Janeiro (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2017No Roscosmos plans to send space tourists to ISS before 2020  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017Russia, Europe, US Should Work Together on Space Exploration - German Agency |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
The climate of the Earth follows a complex interplay of cause-and-effect chains. A change in precipitation at one location may be caused by changes on the other side of the planet. A better understanding of these "teleconnections" - the linkages between remote places - may help to better understand local impacts of future climate change. A look into the climate of the past helps to investigate t ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017Arctic Ocean becoming more like the Atlantic, scientists say  Bristol, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Microbial colonizers of Arctic soils are sensitive to future climate change  Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Some of Greenland's coastal ice will be permanently lost by 2100 |
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 Manchester, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development of making membranes capable of sieving common salts has been achieved. New research demonstrates the real-world potential of providing clean drinking water for millions of people who struggle to access adequate clean water sources.
Th ... more Sydney (AFP) April 10, 2017'Zero recovery' for corals in back-to-back Australia bleaching  Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Apr 10, 2017UBC invention uses bacteria to purify water  Edinburgh, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Skeletons developed as chemistry of oceans changed |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2017 
As part of NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G) recently worked with research groups from University of Florida, Carthage College and University of Maryland to validate technology designed to further humanity's reach into space.
A collection of flights on G-FORCE ONE, ZERO-G's specially modified Boeing 727, gave researchers the chance to run experiments an ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Cells adapt ultra-rapidly to zero gravity  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects |
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